The timing may seem random, but a host of Curtis Mayfield albums, including
a few compilations, have appeared on Amazon today. If it were his birthday
(i.e. 3 Jun when he would have been 81) then there would be some logic, but
perhaps they are getting them in early.
Also, many of them are not available on Spotify and, from a quick check, it would also appear that some of these may be the
first time available digitally? So it's handy if you have some gaps in your Curtis Mayfield
collection.
Mayfield released around 17 solo studio albums as well as 4 live albums and 6
soundtracks between 1970 and 1996. Nine were R&B Top 10 with six of
these reaching #1. In addition he recorded 12 albums with The Impressions between 1963-70, six of which were R&B Top 10.
He was inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 but was
unable to attend the ceremony due to ill health and died later that year aged 57 owing to complications of type 2 diabetes due to which he had his right leg
amputated in 1998.
We found 9 studio albums, a live album and 3 compilations all in today's
listings.
1972 -
Superfly
1974 -
Got to Find a Way
1976 -
Give, Get, Take And Have
1978 -
Do It All Night
1980 -
The Right Combination (Expanded Edition)
(with Linda Clifford)
1983 -
Honesty
1990 -
Take It to the Streets
Live
1988 -
Live in Europe
Compilations
2002 -
The Essentials
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1 comment:
What can we say about this great gentleman of Soul if only to listen again and again to all that he was able to bring to our beloved music. A monument !!!
Yves
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